The assault marine sergeant is still available from
GW, in metal. Sadly there are two different sarge models and you get a random one, also its an eye watering £8.70 . I think I paid about £3 for mine, and got the particular model I wanted. Sure if I factor in my employment rate of pay in the time it took to strip the model back to 'new', it would have been cheaper to buy it new. If of course the 50 -50 chance of getting the model I wanted worked in my favour. It boggles my mind why
GW do that for single packed blister model when the marine metal heavy weapons are all separate. However, the pleasure of bringing a knackered and unloved model back to life to fight again is part of the hobby for me. Its lovely to strip models of layers of paint and see it shining through again.
I'm currently painting a marine apothecary, part of the same ebay haul, and I'm due a metal 2nd ed cyclone terminator from a friends old army too.